US EditionEsquimalt ceremony marks the last Canadian ship sunk in Second World War
- On April 16, 1945, His Majesty's Canadian Ship Esquimalt was sunk by a German U-boat, marking it as the last Canadian ship lost in the Second World War.
- Members of the Royal Canadian Navy and community members commemorated HMCS Esquimalt at Memorial Park in Esquimalt on April 16.
- The Naval Association of Canada states that of the 24 Canadian ships lost, 11 went down in Canadian national waters.
- HMCS Esquimalt was torpedoed five miles off Chebucto Head, resulting in the loss of 44 crew members.
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Veteran launches second book about local fallen soldiers
Christian Gammon-Roy IJL – Réseau.Presse Tribune Paul Gélinas is a decorated veteran who served for 26 years in the Canadian Armed Forces. He has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion since 1970 and, for the second time, is the author of a volume on our war heroes. Similar to his first book on First World War veterans, Mr. Gélinas has just published a collection of stories about 54 West Nipissing veterans who died overseas during the Second…
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